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Sari Season Arts Market: Applications Now Open
5 May 2025Calling artists and makers! Applications are now open to apply for MAC’s special Sari Season Arts Market, as part of the brilliant line-up of lively, colourful events inspired by The Offbeat Sari exhibition coming to MAC this summer. The…
Hospital Rooms: Arts and mental health charity launches landmark national project
5 April 2025Arts and mental health charity Hospital Rooms has received an Arts Council England grant of £600,000 to launch an ambitious three-year project (2025–2028) across NHS Mental Health Services. The pioneering initiative will transform…
Expanding The Team
18 March 2025New Intern Incoming! Hi! My name is Rachel and I'm the new Expanding The Frame Intern.
Amazing ArtBoxes: Call out for artists
14 March 2025The submission deadline has now passed. Selection will take place in April 2025, and we will inform successful proposals by Mon 28 April 2025. Building on the success of Pauline Farrar’s Celebrity Robot Trail, MAC is thrilled to present…
Midlands Arts Centre and Red Earth Collective CIC launch creative health project for Black men
21 February 2025In 2025, Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) and The Red Earth Collective CIC, an organisation led by MAC Associate Artist Sandra Griffiths, will be working in partnership to deliver a new creative health project: Build It. This vital initiative…
Word Lounge Theatre Company: Callout for budding young performers
19 November 2024Our friends at award-winning theatre company Women & Theatre are delighted to announce an exciting new opportunity for young people. It offers a chance for 13-17 year olds to develop their performance skills by joining Word Lounge Theatre…
Opportunity for photographers: Prism Open 2025
12 November 2024Are you a photographer? Do you live in the West Midlands? Are you over 18? If so, we have the perfect exhibition for you. Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) and Birmingham-based photography network Prism are proud to present Prism Open 2025: a…
Celebrating Sustainability through Art, Theatre, and Community
4 November 2024MAC’s Sustainability season is in full swing after a lively and successful Big Green Weekender and launch of new exhibition Waste Age: What can design do?. Marketing intern Heidi Downing joined the team in the lead up to these events and…
Film introduction: Shock Treatment
28 October 2024Words: Dr Sabina Stent Directed by Jim Sharman, and with a script and lyrics by Richard O’Brien, Shock Treatment is 1981’s non-canon parallel film to the events of 1975’s immensely popular The Rocky Horror Picture Show born of two…
MAC extends partnership with Birmingham Assay Office
3 October 2024Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) is delighted to announce an extension of its milestone partnership with the Birmingham Assay Office, a company which hallmarks silver, gold and precious metal jewellery. Initially launched as part of MAC's 60th…
Calling all neighbours: MAC needs you!
24 September 2024Live in Birmingham? Love speaking to people? If so, your favourite local arts centre needs you! We are looking for 10 confident and curious local residents to help shape the future of Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) as part of our MAC…
Film introduction: Serial Mom
16 September 2024Words: Dr Sabina Stent In her July 2024 essay for CrimeReads, Julia Sirmons notes that “Serial Mom opens with title cards that mimic the typical true crime disclaimers: the film was based on interviews and witness testimony. And then,” she…